Matthew 26:67

“Then did they spit in his face, etc.] Not the judges, the members of the sanhedrim, but the servants of the high priest, and the officers that had Jesus in hold, and were the guard upon him; (see <422263>Luke 22:63), who seeing him condemned as guilty of death, thought they might insult him at pleasure, and use him in the most indecent and barbarous manner; and therefore, in a way of contempt, spit in his face; than which nothing was more reproachful and disgraceful: the Jews f1615 say, that he that spits before, or in the presence of his master, is guilty of death, so nauseous and filthy was it accounted; and how much more must it be so, to spit in the face of anyone? hereby a prophecy was…”

“Then did they spit in his face - This, among the Jews, as among us, was significant of the highest contempt and insult, Numbers 12:14; Isaiah 50:6; Job 30:10. And buffeted him - That is, they struck him with their hands closed, or with the fist. Others smote him with the palms of their hands - The word used in the original here means literally to strike with rods. It also means to strike the mouth with the open hand, as if to prevent a person’s speaking, or to evince abhorrence of what he had spoken. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Then - After he had declared he was the Son of God, the sanhedrim doubtless ordered him to be carried out, while they were consulting what to do. And then it was that the soldiers who kept him began these insults upon him. Matthew 26:72”

“26:67-68 Such abuse fulfills Isa 50:6; 53:4-9 and Jesus’ own predictions (Matt 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; 26:2; see also Mark 14:65).”

“did: Mat 27:30; Num 12:14; Deu 25:9; Job 30:9-11; Isa 50:6, Isa 52:14, Isa 53:3; Mar 14:65, Mar 15:19; Co1 4:13; Heb 12:2 buffeted him: Εκολαφισαν \[Strong's G2852\], "smote him with their fists," as Theophylact interprets. and others: Mat 5:39; Kg1 22:24; Jer 20:2; Lam 3:30, Lam 3:45; Luk 22:63; Joh 18:22, Joh 19:3; Act 23:2, Act 23:3; Co2 11:20, Co2 11:21 smote him: Ερραπισαν \[Strong's G4474\], "smote him on the cheek with the open hand," as Suidas renders. They offered him every indignity, in all its various and vexatious forms. the palms of their hands: or, rods, Mic 5:1 Matthew 26:68”